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On View In:
Gallery 332
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Artist:
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Orazio Fontana
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Title:
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Basin with Hercules and Cacus
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Date:
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c. 1570
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Medium:
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Tin-glazed earthenware
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Dimensions:
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2 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (5.72 x 43.82 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The Miscellaneous Works of Art Purchase Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 332
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Fontana, Orazio
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Nationality:
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Italian (Urbino)
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Life Dates:
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Italian, 1510-1571
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Ceramics
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Physical Description:
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Center dipicting a man attacking another, probably representing Cain and Able; reverse has a nude boy holding a plumed helmet
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Italy, Umbria, ,
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Accession #:
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61.5
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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